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19-Jun-2001
Disease detectives ORNL researchers are developing two types of miniaturized devices for diagnosing diseases. These devices are based on cantilevers and biochips. Contact: Billy Stair
19-Jun-2001
Controlling carbon in hybrid poplar trees ORNL scientists are helping to search for genes that could allow the creation of trees that store more carbon and offer higher-value products. Contact: Billy Stair
19-Jun-2001
SNS and biological research Three world-class biological instruments are being designed for the Spallation Neutron Source. They will help biologists determine the atomic-level structure of proteins and other signaling compounds that allow cells to communicate and coordinate activities across an organism. The research could lead to safer, more effective drugs. Contact: Billy Stair
19-Jun-2001
Microbe probe ORNL researchers are using gene chips, mass spectrometry, and computational analysis to understand what microbe genes do. Contact: Billy Stair
19-Jun-2001
Protein prediction tool has good prospects ORNL ranks high in its ability to computationally predict protein structures. The next step is to speed up predictions to facilitate the search for effective drugs. Contact: Billy Stair
19-Jun-2001
Human genome analyzed using supercomputer A computational analysis of the human genome by ORNL and UT researchers provides insights into what our genes do. Contact: Billy Stair
19-Jun-2001
Lab on a chip used for protein studies ORNL's lab on a chip is being used commercially to identify proteins and shows promise for drug discovery and disease screening. Contact: Billy Stair
19-Jun-2001
Rapid genetic disease screening possible using laser mass spectrometry Laser desorption mass spectrometry is emerging as a new tool for screening populations for various genetic diseases Contact: Billy Stair
19-Jun-2001
Protein identification by mass spectrometry ORNL researchers are improving mass spectrometry tools to speed up protein identification and to screen for disease-causing proteins and bacteria. Contact: Billy Stair
18-Jun-2001
Search for signs of inflammatory disease You fall on your shoulder and tear some cartilage, causing bone to rub against bone. Your shoulder becomes inflamed and begins to hurt because cytokine, a small signal protein secreted by your immune system, has recruited white blood cells to clean up the damage. Contact: Billy Stair
18-Jun-2001
Curing cancer in mice ORNL researchers have shown that a radioisotope-bearing antibody can target the blood vessels of lung tumors in mice, destroying the tumors. Contact: Billy Stair
18-Jun-2001
MicroCAT 'sees' hidden mouse defects ORNL's X-ray computed tomography system allows internal defects and organ changes in small animals to be mapped. Contact: Billy Stair
18-Jun-2001
Gene chip engineers At ORNL, microarrays are being made faster and cheaper to study gene expression in cells from mice, fish, and other organisms. Contact: Billy Stair
4-Jun-2001
Atomic scale tinker toys Nanotechnology offers a potential cornucopia of benefits, from palm-sized supercomputers to synthesized antibodies to molecular-scale robots. Such wonders will be constructed from the ground up using nano-sized building blocks. Contact: Lynn Yarris
1-Jun-2001
Stable isotope research resource The ability to apply research techniques to important problems in biology and medicine depends on the availability of isotopically labeled compounds. Contact: Clifford Unkefer
1-Jun-2001
Protein crystallography resource at neutron research center for imaging proteins Thanks to a $4.8 million capital commitment from the U.S. Department of Energy, Los Alamos researchers have completed a state-of-the-art neutron diffraction station at Los Alamos' Neutron Scattering Center, part of the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center, known as LANSCE. The new station went on line in December 2000. Contact: Benno Schoenborn
1-Jun-2001
Shining a light on novel polymers A rapidly growing field of research, recognized by a 2000 Nobel Prize in chemistry, focuses on electrically conductive plastic, once thought to be an impossibility. Contact: Liaohai Chen
1-Jun-2001
Biologically inspired nanotechnology Much of today's scientific revolution is taking place at the nanometer scale. There is growing recognition that an ability to design and manipulate materials at the nanoscale will allow scientists to not only improve existing materials, but also develop entirely new classes of intelligent or "smart" materials for everything from miniaturized laboratories and micro-computers to drug delivery systems. To this end, lessons from biology offer revolutionary approaches. Contact: Basil Swanson
1-Jun-2001
Metabolite discovery allows for fast plant growth A project that uses modern biotechnology to produce plants that grow faster, are more robust and contain more protein is ongoing in Los Alamos National Laboratory's Bioscience Division. The project stems from the discovery of a naturally occurring plant metabolite that allows plants to regulate their own nitrogen metabolism rates, resulting in plants that reach peak growth more rapidly because they fix more carbon dioxide. Contact: Pat Unkefer
1-Jun-2001
Building a better catalyst for bioremediation There are only a few ways to handle toxic waste. Dump it, put it in a landfill, move it someplace else or change the contaminant into something less hazardous. Dealing with toxic waste is a major problem that is beginning to be addressed in an innovative way: using bacterial enzymes, catalytic proteins produced by living cells, to transform the waste. Contact: Jim Brainard
1-Jun-2001
Microbial diversity They have been called the foundation of the biosphere, invisible yet essential. And now researchers know bacteria are unimaginably abundant but just don 't know exactly who they are. Contact: Cheryl Kuske
1-Jun-2001
Using pathogen sequence data As scientists delve into the vast quantity of biological data currently being produced, the problems of handling such a treasure trove of information are daunting. New tools and techniques for managing, storing, analyzing, mining and visualizing this information are the focus of much attention in the scientific community, especially when the data can have a bearing on public health and even emergency response. Contact: Paul Jackson
1-Jun-2001
Unraveling anthrax Los Alamos National Laboratory's Bioscience Division researchers have developed technologies that can uniquely identify the origins of biological organisms based on information in the DNA. Contact: Paul Jackson
1-Jun-2001
Optical biopsy studied as breast cancer treatment aid Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in women aged 40-59 and was expected to total more than 45,000 deaths in the United States last year, according to the American Cancer Society. A Los Alamos National Laboratory-developed technology, the Optical Biopsy System (OBS), may aid in not only the diagnosis of breast cancer, but the success of the surgical treatment as well. Contact: Judith Mourant
1-Jun-2001
Unmasking the mysteries of chronic beryllium disease Beryllium is a unique lightweight metal used in nuclear weapons and, in the commercial sector, for telescope mirrors, golf clubs and a variety of other applications. While solid beryllium and beryllium alloys are safe, fine particulate beryllium is hazardous if inhaled. Contact: Babetta Marrone
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